What did you do with your 60 this weekend? (13 Viewers)
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Confirms that black carpets look good. Ordered a grey carpet kit and going to have it dyed.
This was fun
. I had just made a left hand turn, traveled a short distance, and the steering went dead. Steering wheel had no effect upon direction of travel. At first, while slowing down, the Cruiser was tracking straight in the right lane but fortunately it began to wander toward the shoulder. I stopped it before going down in the ditch. A quick check revealed that the ball and socket of the relay rod end had separated. I had the tools to loosen the plug and pushed the separated pieces back together. I used a NRS cinch strap the hold the relay rod end back together, then wrapped up with Gorilla Tape. I had tightened the plug as much as possible. This little incident happened along the southern bypass in Montgomery, AL, not the best place in town to break down. Field repair held up for the 35 miles it took to get home.
. I had just made a left hand turn, traveled a short distance, and the steering went dead. Steering wheel had no effect upon direction of travel. At first, while slowing down, the Cruiser was tracking straight in the right lane but fortunately it began to wander toward the shoulder. I stopped it before going down in the ditch. A quick check revealed that the ball and socket of the relay rod end had separated. I had the tools to loosen the plug and pushed the separated pieces back together. I used a NRS cinch strap the hold the relay rod end back together, then wrapped up with Gorilla Tape. I had tightened the plug as much as possible. This little incident happened along the southern bypass in Montgomery, AL, not the best place in town to break down. Field repair held up for the 35 miles it took to get home.
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4runner2FJ60
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What is shown is after I tightened it as much as I could. I used a drag link socket on the relay rod end.
I installed these rod ends about 3 years ago and apparently failed to grease them and I'm thinking over time the ball and socket wore enough over time to become loose. This points to a real need to check and grease these parts regularly. I had no warning that this was impending, no extra loose steering, nothing.
Old Nick
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Thank you for posting this. I'm heading out to grease mine now.
4runner2FJ60
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@Godwin Thanks! I tightened mine a few months ago, about the same age, but less mileage than you. I was surprised how far in this end tightened up on mine when compared to the relay rod end. (that one I had a hard time getting the cotter pin thru the slot.) I backed them off like discussed on this forum about a half turn.
I’ve heard the concern here on Mud that you can overgrease the rod ends and bust out the seal on the boot. Obviously some grease works its way out over time as the suspension flexes and the ball and socket experiences load forces. But I think one pump of a grease every year is probably the right ticket, yeah?
Tie rod end boots fit tightly and can be blown out by too much grease. Just watch carefully as you pump in a little and you'll see it expand. Relay rod end boots fit more loosely and are less likely to be blown out by too much grease, but still don't over do it.
New seatbelts from Seatbelt Planet. Not cheap but very happy with their product.
Gretsch
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So, funny thing happened to me today. Have an old 60 series rear bumper I got from @Cincodemustache. Has some strange stains on the bumper but otherwise its clean example. I went to a local detailing shop to see if they could correct the finish for me. I turn the corner trying to find the place and suddenly found myself smack dab in the middle of a car show they had going today. Was directed to park the 60 series as I guess they thought it was part of the show. Had no idea what was happening but dropped into car show mode along side a very nicely restored 40 series. 40 series stole the show but was good see Toyota represent at such a gathering.
Old Nick
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Based on your experience posted earlier, I just got back in from greasing my steering components. One pump for each zerk fitting. Went ahead and topped up my suspension while I was at it, and did a quick run-through of the undercarriage to make sure that everything was properly tightened, etc. Checked all of the fluids (ps needed a dash of ATF, otherwise all was good). Took the old girl for a spin and she ran like a top.
In the next few weeks, I've got some welding to tackle. Rear bumper cross member - right at the center - is toast. Going to cut out the rot and put in some nice new steal. Actually looking forward to doing that.
Hoping that all of you are having a great weekend.
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I just drove it a bit....but the 62 provided shade....
Ocho77
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Took the fam to one of our favorite spots on the river. No fishing this time, just some swimming and cooking over the fire.
What roof bars are those? Looks great.
Ive been updating the interior drivability bits of the 60 lately. Last week installed some 6.5 inch alpine speakers to the cargo area using fj62 brackets, 5.25 inch alpine front speakers using @TheNeek brackets, an alpine 4 channel door speaker amp, and a 9 inch single din carplay headunit.
The head unit is nice because i was able to run front and rear cameras, the rear is selectable or triggered by putting the truck in reverse, front is selectable. It runs wireless carplay, and can screen mirror anything you plug into it using a hdmi cable. Gaia for carplay is pretty terrible, but if you mirror gaia from you cell phone, it will run all of your saved tracks and work like normal.
Rear speakers:
Amp:
Front Camera:
Head Unit:
The head unit is nice because i was able to run front and rear cameras, the rear is selectable or triggered by putting the truck in reverse, front is selectable. It runs wireless carplay, and can screen mirror anything you plug into it using a hdmi cable. Gaia for carplay is pretty terrible, but if you mirror gaia from you cell phone, it will run all of your saved tracks and work like normal.
Rear speakers:
Amp:
Front Camera:
Head Unit:
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Rear speakers:
What is this bracket? Is that something that was already there from Toyota, or something you made/found?
Its a bracket from a fj62 that goes in that same spot. Theres another plastic bracket that mounts to this one that the speaker is supposed to actually mount to. I didnt get that bracket and it was a lot of extra work to get the speaker to mount to this metal bracket. I just picked this one up used out of a fj62, if you want to add cargo speakers and make life as easy as humanly possible, get the entire assembly from the 62. This metal bracket, the plastic frame that mounts to this, and the speaker grille. I had to make the little S bracket that connects the bottom. It was pretty easy, you just drill a hole in the body right there and use a button bolt or something to attach it
